Nafi language

Nafi, also known as Sirak, is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Nafi
Sirak
RegionMarkham Valley, New Guinea
Native speakers
(160 cited 1988)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3srf
Glottolognafi1237
ELPNafi[2]
Coordinates: 6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain)

It is spoken in the single village of Nambom (also known as Banzain village) (6.433548°S 146.825565°E / -6.433548; 146.825565 (Banzain)) in Gamiki ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG. Ethnic Nafi people living in Popof village (6.438745°S 146.805971°E / -6.438745; 146.805971 (Popof)) have since switched to speaking Nakama, a Trans-New Guinea language. Intermarriages frequently occur between the two villages.[3]

References
  1. Nafi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Nafi.
  3. Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.


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